Cuff-holder.



No. 684,4!4. Patented Oct. l5, l90l.

. R. R. DENT.

CUFF HOLDER.

(Application filed Dec 6, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT E. DENT, OF BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,414, dated October 15, 1901.

Application filed December 6, 1900. Serial No. 38,931. No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT R. DENT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bloomsburg, in the county of Columbia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a Cuff- Holder, of which the following is a full and clear specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a cuff-holder which shall be simple and cheap in construction, will effectively maintain the cuif adjusted with respect to the sleeve-band, and will possess the important advantage of being entirely hidden by the cuff when in use.

The invention consists more particularly in the peculiar construction of 'the holder or catch and in the disposition of the button thereon to form a cuff-holder which can be readily manipulated in adjusting the cuff and secure a positive engagement with the sleeveband.

The following specification enters into a detail description of the invention,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters thereon,which designate the different parts, and what I claim in the particular construction of the device is more specifically set forth in the appended claim.

In the drawings forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a viewshowing the application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the holder or catch.

In carrying out my invention I employ a spring-catch A, and to one of the clampingjaws attach a button comprising the head I) and shank b. In attaching the button to the catch the fiat shank of said button is disposed longitudinally of the catch, and it is preferable to have the head I) hinged to the outer end of the shank though a stationary head may be used. The catch consists of the clamping jaws or members a and a, hinged together by the spring 0 in the usual manner, the said spring acting to bring the toothed ends of the jaws together. The lower member a, of the catch is straight, as shown, while the upper member a is curved longitudinally in opposition to the curvature of the cuff, so that the ends thereof will frictionally engage the cuff and assist to prevent slipping. Acting in conjunction with this peculiar curvature of the member a of the catch the but ton is formed with a short fiat shank b, and a tongue (0 is struck up from the rear end of the curved member, said tongue passing into a buttonhole of the cuff. By providing the curved member of the catch in conjunction with the short shank and projecting tongue a much firmer hold is had upon the cuff, and when the cuif is adjusted with respect to the sleeve-band it will be securely held in place.

In order that the device may operate effectively, it is essential that the curve of the member a be opposed to the curvature of the cuff, as set forth.

In using the device the cuff is buttoned to the catch with said catch disposed at the inner side of the cuff, and after the cuff is slipped on over the sleeve-band and adjusted the catch is placed in engagement with an edge of the sleeve-band to hold the cuff in position.

The cuff holder herein shown and described is especially adapted for use in connection with link-cuifs and being small will not interfere with the proper set of the cuff or prove annoying to the wearer. It will also be noted that as the catch lies under the cuff it will be hidden thereby and having no projecting parts will present a very neat appearance.

By locating the cuff-holder entirely on the tabs of the cufi, as shown, it will insure a more positive engagement, since the device itself is securely held directly to the cuff, and the jaws of the catch may engage the sleeveband instead of the sleeve. The device also possesses the advantage of being simple and cheap in construction.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a cuff holder, the combination, of a spring-catch comprising a member a curved longitudinally in opposition to the curvature of the cuff, and a straight member a the rear end of which extends beyond the rear end of the aforesaid curved member; together with a button B having a short flat shank b disposed longitudinally of the catch and projecting from the center of the curved member thereof, and a tongue a formed by slitting gagement with the buttonh0le,fo1' the purand bending the rear end of the curved mempose set forth. 7 ber of the catch, said tongue being on a line 1 with the flat shank, substantially as shown, ROBERT DENrl' whereby the ends of the curved member a of \Vitnesses:

the catch are held in frictional engagement B. A. GIDDING,

with the cuff and the tongue in positive en- L. M. ELDER. 

